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Fringe Bites: Making People Laugh

In the final episode of Fringe Bites, Chloé Nelkin chats to Kitty McNeil from the Guinness World Record-breaking NewsRevue and Jack Michael Stacey from The Librarians: A Very Serious Comedy! about finding humour in politics, tackling serious issues through comedy and why laughter can help us make sense of the world.

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